Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890

Biographical note

‘Sir Richard Burton, the famous traveller, linguist, and anthropologist—“the Arabian Knight”—“the last of the demi-gods”—has been very generally regarded as the most picturesque figure of his time, and one of the most heroic and illustrious men that [England] ever produced.’

Biographical note

• The Life of Sir Richard Burton, by Thomas Wright [ read | download ]
• from Wikipedia

Works

• The Arabian Nights' Entertainments (Alf laylah wa laylah) [ read | download ]
• Personal narrative of a pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah (1855) [ read | download ]
• First footsteps in East Africa; or, An Exploration of Harar (1856) [ read | download ]
• The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi (18--) [ read | download ]
• Two Trips to Gorilla Land (1876) [ read | download ]
• The Land of Midian (1879) [ read | download ]

The following works are available from Project Gutenberg:

• The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night (1885-88)
  • Vol. 16 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 15 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 14 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 13 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 12 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 11 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 10 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 9 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 8 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 7 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 6 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 5 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 4 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 3 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 2 [ read | download ]
  • Vol. 1 [ read | download ]
• Vikram and the Vampire (18--) [ read | download ]

Browse elsewhere for this eBook

• Other etext editions (via Online Books Page)
• Google search
• Search the Adelaide Library Catalogue